Citation

Ghonchepour A, Sohrabi M, Golestani Z, Biabanaki F, Dehghan M. Int. J. Adolesc. Med. Health 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Razi Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Haft-Bagh Highway, Kerman, Iran, Phone: +983431325192, Fax: +983431325218.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Freund Publishing)

DOI

10.1515/ijamh-2018-0217

PMID

30995206

Abstract

Background The most common high-risk behaviors that have profound and adverse effects on the health of the community take place in the university environment. Nowadays, the necessity of exploring ways to correct and reduce the high-risk behaviors requires identification of its determinant factors. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the correlation between spiritual health and high-risk behaviors among university students in the southeast of Iran in 2017-2018.

METHOD This survey was a cross-sectional study. The population was all students studying at three central Universities in Kerman. Eight hundred and four students participated in the survey using a quota sampling method. The research instrument was a demographic questionnaire and the 20-item spiritual well-being Palutzian and Ellison scale and the Iranian Adolescent Riskiness Scale (IARS), which includes 39 items for high-risk behaviors.

RESULTS The mean total score of high-risk behaviors was 79.16 ± 24.6 which was lower than the median (117). The spiritual health of the majority of subjects (66.7%) was moderate with an average of 90.65 ± 16.64. There was a significant negative correlation between the students' spiritual health and their high-risk behaviors.

CONCLUSION It is necessary and essential to plan and implement spiritual-based interventions to reduce the incidence of high-risk behaviors.

Language: en

Keywords

high-risk behavior; spiritual health; student